Indication of key information apprisal

Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, an indication to open a text object; identifying, based upon analysis of context data associated with the text object, at least one article of key information contained within the text object; ascertaining, using a camera sensor, an aspect of user gaze within the text object; determining, based on the identified at least one article of key information and the ascertained aspect of user gaze, a degree to which a user is apprised of the at least one article of key information contained within the text object; and providing, based on the determining, a visual indication of the degree to which the user is apprised of the at least one article of key information. Other aspects are described and claimed.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method, comprising:
 receiving, at an information handling device, an indication to open a text object; 
 identifying, based upon analysis of context data associated with the text object, at least one article of key information contained within the text object; 
 ascertaining, using a camera sensor, an aspect of user gaze within the text object; 
 determining, based on the identified at least one article of key information and the ascertained aspect of user gaze, a degree to which a user is apprised of the at least one article of key information contained within the text object, wherein the determining comprises identifying that the aspect of the user's gaze has fallen on the at least one article of key information for a predetermined period of time that is dynamically adjusted based at least upon a length of the at least one article of key information; and 
 providing, based on the determining, a visual indication of the degree to which the user is apprised of the at least one article of key information, wherein the providing comprises at least one of: preventing a user from continuing in the text object upon determining the at least one article of key information has not been read and detecting an acknowledgment input that the key information has not been fully read. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the context data is at least one data metric selected from the group consisting of: a subject of the text object, an identity of a user of the information handling device, a job type of the user, an association between a creator of the text object and the user, a designation of the key information by the creator, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the aspect is at least one comprehension aspect selected from the group consisting of: a focus of the user gaze within the text object, a length of the user gaze within the text object, a percentage of the text objected viewed by the user gaze, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises determining that the degree to which the user is apprised of the at least one article of key information is an unapprised degree and wherein the providing the visual indication comprises visually distinguishing the at least one article of key information from other articles of information in the text object. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the providing the visual indication comprises representing the degree to which the user is apprised of the at least one article of key information in a graphical format. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the providing the visual indication comprises providing a push notification on a display screen of the information handling device. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 6 , further comprising maintaining the push notification on the display screen until the degree to which the user is apprised of the key information corresponds to a fully apprised degree. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising preventing additional user action within an application until the degree to which the user is apprised of the key information corresponds to a fully read degree. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising saving, as metadata attached to the text object, the degree to which the user is apprised of the key information. 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the text object is a communication received from a sender and further comprising transmitting, to the sender, an indication of the degree to which the user is apprised of the at least one article of key information. 
     
     
       11. An information handling device, comprising:
 a camera sensor; 
 a display screen; 
 a processor; 
 a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to: 
 receive an indication to open a text object; 
 identify, based upon analysis of context data associated with the text object, at least one article of key information contained within the text object; 
 ascertain, using the camera sensor, an aspect of user gaze within the text object; 
 determine, based on the identified at least one article of key information and the ascertained aspect of user gaze, a degree to which a user is apprised of the at least one article of key information contained within the text object, wherein to determine comprises identifying that the aspect of the user's gaze has fallen on the at least one article of key information for a predetermined period of time that is dynamically adjusted based at least upon a length of the at least one article of key information; and 
 provide, based on the determining, a visual indication of the degree to which the user is apprised of the at least one article of key information, wherein to provide comprises at least one of: preventing a user from continuing in the text object upon determining the at least one article of key information has not been read and detecting an acknowledgment input that the key information has not been fully read. 
 
     
     
       12. The information handling device of  claim 11 , wherein the context data is at least one data metric selected from the group consisting of: a subject of the text object, an identity of a user of the information handling device, a job type of the user, an association between a creator of the text object and the user, a designation of the key information by the creator, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
       13. The information handling device of  claim 11 , wherein the aspect is at least one comprehension aspect selected from the group consisting of: a focus of the user gaze within the text object, a length of the user gaze within the text object, a percentage of the text objected viewed by the user gaze, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
       14. The information handling device of  claim 11 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine comprise instructions executable by the processor to determine that the degree to which the user is apprised of the at least one article of key information is an unapprised degree and wherein the instructions executable by the processor to provide the visual indication comprise instructions executable by the processor to visually distinguish the at least one article of key information from other articles of information in the text object. 
     
     
       15. The information handling device of  claim 11 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to provide the visual indication comprise instructions executable by the processor to represent the degree to which the user is apprised of the at least one article of key information in a graphical format. 
     
     
       16. The information handling device of  claim 11 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to provide the visual indication comprise instructions executable by the processor to provide a push notification on the display screen of the information handling device. 
     
     
       17. The information handling device of  claim 16 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to maintain the push notification on the display screen until the degree to which the user is apprised of the key information corresponds to a fully apprised degree. 
     
     
       18. The information handling device of  claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to prevent additional user action within an application until the degree to which the user is apprised of the key information corresponds to a fully read degree. 
     
     
       19. The information handling device of  claim 11 , wherein the text object is a communication received from a sender and wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to transmit, to the sender, an indication of the degree to which the user is apprised of the at least one article of key information. 
     
     
       20. A product, comprising:
 a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising: 
 code that receives an indication to open a text object; 
 code that identifies, based upon analysis of context data associated with the text object, at least one article of key information contained within the text object; 
 code that ascertains an aspect of user gaze within the text object; 
 code that determines, based on the identified at least one article of key information and the ascertained aspect of user gaze, a degree to which a user is apprised of the at least one article of key information contained within the text object, wherein the code that determines comprises code that identifies that the aspect of the user's gaze has fallen on the at least one article of key information for a predetermined period of time that is dynamically adjusted based at least upon a length of the at least one article of key information; and 
 code that provides, based on the code that determines, a visual indication of the degree to which the user is apprised of the at least one article of key information, wherein the code that provides comprises at least one of: preventing a user from continuing in the text object upon determining the at least one article of key information has not been read and detecting an acknowledgment input that the key information has not been fully read.